Jeff Hawkins

Jeffrey Hawkins, born on June first, nineteen fifty-seven, is a prominent American businessman, computer scientist, neuroscientist, and engineer. He is best known for co-founding Palm Computing, where he played a pivotal role in the creation of groundbreaking devices such as the PalmPilot and the Palm Treo, as well as contributing to Handspring.

In two thousand two, Hawkins shifted his focus towards neuroscience, establishing the Redwood Neuroscience Institute. His passion for understanding the brain led him to co-found Numenta in two thousand five, where he currently leads a dedicated team in the ambitious endeavor of reverse-engineering the neocortex. This work aims to develop machine intelligence technology grounded in brain theory.

Hawkins is also an accomplished author, having co-written the influential book 'On Intelligence' in two thousand four, which outlines his memory-prediction framework theory of the brain. In two thousand twenty-one, he published 'A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence,' further expanding on his innovative ideas about cognitive processes.